Mohammed Abu Harb

Mohammed Abu Harb (1978-25 January 2008), also known as Abu Arkan, was a Hamas leader.

Biography
Mohammed Abu Harb was born in 1978 in Rafah, Gaza Strip, and he was originally a teacher before joining the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas. He recruited Shaboura refugee camp inhabitants into Hamas, and he led his forces in the fight against Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah forces during their fight over the Gaza Strip. On 25 January 2008 he was killed in an Israeli Air Force airstrike.